Sentences with phrase «state comptroller races»

In a guest column for the Post-Standard, David Rubin, a former dean at Syracuse University, wrote that the trial public financing program for the state comptroller race presents an opportunity to demonstrate the power of small donors.

Public Financing Trial Could Show Power of Small Donors In a guest column for the Post-Standard, David Rubin, a former dean at Syracuse University, wrote that the trial public financing program for the state comptroller race presents an opportunity to demonstrate the power of small donors.

The ethics package that produced the pilot public campaign finance program for the state comptroller race also included the shuttering of Governor Cuomo's Moreland Act Commission, which was in the midst of probing possible corruption cases.

The pilot public financing program for the state comptroller race, which legislative leaders — including Republicans — and Governor Cuomo authorized in the 2014 - 15 budget, is supported by the state's abandoned property fund.

Other Republicans who have indicated an interest in running for governor in 2018 include Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, who lost to Cuomo in 2014, Buffalo developer Carl Paladino, who lost to Cuomo in 2010, and Harry Wilson, who lost the state comptroller race in 2010.

The budget includes testing public campaign finance with the state comptroller race this year.

Good government groups and some lawmakers say the provision to use this year's state comptroller race to test public campaign financing is far short of the comprehensive program initially proposed by Cuomo and that it is flawed in conception.

As part of the budget deal in late March, Cuomo and legislative leaders agreed to a pilot program for this year's state comptroller race.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, in the race for state comptroller, incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli leads Republican Onondaga County Comptroller 58 - 31 — the largest gap of the three statecomptroller, incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli leads Republican Onondaga County Comptroller 58 - 31 — the largest gap of the three stateComptroller 58 - 31 — the largest gap of the three statewide races.

A reader forwarded this Facebook post (actually re-post) from state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli's campaign that describes his head - to - head against Republican Harry Wilson as «the most competitive statewide race in New York this year!»

Party leaders even debated holding the vote to decide on their standard bearer on the very first day they gather at the Sheraton in Manhattan — June 1 — with down - ballot races like AG and state comptroller bumped to the second or even third day.

There were, of course, other local races going on elsewhere in the state — including a fairly hot county executive county in WNY, in which Democratic former County Comptroller Mark Poloncarz ousted GOP incumbent Chris Collins.

Republican Bob Antonacci, the Onondaga County comptroller, moved a step closer to locking up the Conservative Party ballot line in the race for the New York State Senate seat left open by the retirement of John DeFrancisco.

Trichter's interest in the race for state comptroller was revealed last week by New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox.

In the races for mayor, public advocate and comptroller, the WFP issued Wilson - Pakulas from the state party's executive board.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli spoke to the crowd, criticizing the current limits on donations for the Comptroller's race, which stand at $ 19,000 for the primary election and $ 41,100 for the general election.

in the race for state attorney general, and is backing Republican Harry Wilson for state comptroller over Democratic incumbent Tom

State comptroller Kevin Lembo, who is openly gay, disagreed with anyone questioning diversity by saying the party has plenty of diversity in the four - way race for state treasurer that includes John Blankley of Greenwich, Arunan Arulampalam of Hartford, Shawn Wooden of Hartford, and Dita Bhargava of GreenState comptroller Kevin Lembo, who is openly gay, disagreed with anyone questioning diversity by saying the party has plenty of diversity in the four - way race for state treasurer that includes John Blankley of Greenwich, Arunan Arulampalam of Hartford, Shawn Wooden of Hartford, and Dita Bhargava of Greenstate treasurer that includes John Blankley of Greenwich, Arunan Arulampalam of Hartford, Shawn Wooden of Hartford, and Dita Bhargava of Greenwich.

Just last month, Wilson was 17 points behind incumbent Democrat Tom DiNapoli in the race for state comptroller, but Wilson managed to close the gap and is now tied at 44 percent, the Siena poll said.

(CBS News) As the races for mayor and city comptroller heat up in New York City, the Empire State's lawmakers joined Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Adirondacks over the weekend, for a whitewater rafting event intended to promote tourism.

The mayor has already endorsed Republican Dan Donovan over Democrat Eric Schneiderman in the race for state attorney general, and is backing Republican Harry Wilson for state comptroller over Democratic incumbent Tom DiNapoli.

Over the weekend, Democrat Bill Curry, the former state comptroller and a former adviser to President Bill Clinton, also announced on his Facebook page that he was opting out of the race.

So far I've heard Matt Walter (who departed the state GOP to run Rick Lazio's campaign after a pre-primary shake - up and never returned), Chapin Fay (campaign manager for state comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson), Free Enterprise Fund Executive Director E. O'Brien Murray and (here's a new one) John Rogers, who's currently managing the campaign of Bob Cohen in the yet - undecided 37th SD race where Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer is currently leading by 504 votes.

Four years earlier, Faso lost the state comptroller's race by a very slim margin to Democrat Alan Hevesi, who ended up resigning in disgrace thanks to the so - called Chauffeurgate scandal and then serving time behind bars for his role in a massive pay - to - play pension fund scandal exposed by Spitzer's sucessor in the AG's office, Andrew Cuomo.

County Legislator Laura Curran barely had time to savor her Democratic primary victory over County Comptroller (and party switcher) George Maragos last night before Martins, a former state senator, hit the airwaves with his first TV ad of the race.

This new blow up may not please state Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox, who reiterated to Liz on the show last night that he wanted the three candidates in the race, including Nassau Comptroller George Maragos, to follow Reagan's 11th Commandment.

But fresh off a defeat for state comptroller last cycle, Simon said she is not yet ready to jump into a congressional race.

In 2010, the party's ballot line delivered nearly 200,000 votes to Democratic New York State Comptroller Tom Dinapoli — not an enormous number for a statewide race, but enough for the WFP to be taken seriously.

The pilot public financing program in the state comptroller's race, modeled on the New York City campaign finance system, provides a six - to - one match for contributions between $ 10 and $ 175 from New York residents.

Even outside the district he served, his name's been on the ballot enough to rack up some name ID — he left his Assembly seat to run for State Comptroller in 2002, losing a close race to now - disgraced Alan Hevesi and then in 2006 won the GOP nomination for governor, where he lost in a W - fatigue landslide to now - disgraced Eliot Spitzer.

They include a pilot public financing program for the state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election state comptroller's race, new disclosure rules for independent expenditure groups, and the creation of an independent office at the State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election State Board of Elections charged with enforcing the state's oft - flouted election state's oft - flouted election laws.

The effort had only a half - result: Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers agreed to create the first statewide public financing program which applied only to the state comptroller's race.

He also was then - state Comptroller H. Carl McCall's running mate in the 2002 gubernatorial race in which the duo's primary opponents were none other than AG Andrew Cuomo and Charlie King.

State comptroller candidate Harry Wilson offered a unique response when asked in Buffalo today why he has declined to endorse a candidate in the governor's race.

Cuomo has also insisted the public financing of political campaigns being limited to the state comptroller's race is a breath through considering the opposition to a statewide program in the Senate.

Advocates remain restive over a March agreement with the Legislature that created public financing for only the state comptroller's race, which Republican comptroller candidate Bob Antonacci is participating in.

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky insists he's not switching from the AG race to primary state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Senate Republicans had been long opposed to a public financing system, even in a limited form through the state comptroller's race.

The budget would create a public matching system for the public financing of the state's comptroller race as a pilot program in the public protection, general government portion of the budget.

(I should also note that Goldfeder is an observant Jew who has experience running campaigns, including former NYC Councilman Simcha Felder's never - realized comptroller race and failed state Senate bid against Sen. Kevin Parker).

Public financing supporters were upset by the compromise in this year's budget agreement that sets up a public financing system for the state comptroller's race only.

The $ 138 billion budget for the 2014 - 15 fiscal year applies a public financing system, but only for the state comptroller's race.

The budget proposes what amounts to a pilot program for public financing that would only impact the state comptroller's race.

The 2014 - 15 state budget agreement in March included a public financing program for the state comptroller's race for this year only.

Last year, a year - long public financing program for the state comptroller's race was created in the budget.

The budget included only a pilot program for the public financing of political campaigns and just for the state comptroller's race.

It's limited to the state comptroller's race, and would use money from the comptroller's own unclaimed funds account.

In the race for New York state comptroller, Democrat Tom DiNapoli faced off against Republican challenger Bob Antonacci in their only debate Wednesday evening.

Commisso Jr., 27, who works for the state comptroller's office and is serving his first term representing the 15th Ward on the Common Council, became the fifth Democrat to officially enter the race.

But Cuomo and lawmakers, in a series of closed door meetings, decided to permit a more limited public campaign finance system, instead, that applies only to the State Comptroller's race.